Madtown Ecstatic Dance: Play List for February 22

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Play List for February 22

Sneak Preview

Ker Karane African Dreams
Holy Spirit Neville Brothers
Musafir A.R. Rahman
If Your Girl Only Knew Aaliyah
Got Glint? Chemical Brothers
Si Tu Le Veux Faudel
Nour El Ain Amr Diab
Camp Orange Cornershop
Aline Orchestra Baobob
El Agua De La Vida Salsa Celtica
Mary’s in India Dido

2 comments:

Seres said...: Thank you Madisonians for a lovely dance last Sunday. We loved being with you in your beautiful space.

Here are some links to our Washington dances. . . if you are ever in the area, come play!!

Bellingham- http://www.deepinthedance.com/

Olympia-
http://www.waves-studio.com/; March 18, 2009 9:52 AM
Madelon said...: Thank you Seres!

We loved having you beautiful sisters dancing with us.

Dance on!
Madelon; March 18, 2009 11:18 AM

"Each week I am surprised by the gift that Ecstatic Dance gives to me. I come just wanting to dance. But as we share our intentions with the group, I gain clarity into what truly matters to me and what I really need. Then, as the music starts and my body is moved by all of the intentions and energy inside of myself and the room, the magic starts. Effortlessly, insights about confusing questions and life challenges come to me, power and energy recharge, determination and confidence grow, and peace and joy flow. Suddenly life seems like nothing but an effortless dance overflowing with pumping energy and abounding happiness-a gift I am nothing but thankful to take part in." - Colleen

What is Madtown Ecstatic Dance?

Madtown Ecstatic Dance was started March 2008 by community member Thistle (www.thistlespace.org). The group has unfolded in a sychronistic and magical way since its beginnings. Every week is a delight and a further strengthening of community.

Presently a small team of us facilitate the dances and mix the music. We hold an open invitation to anybody else who would enjoy facilitation, altar building, and music mixing.

Our Sunday space has abundant natural lighting. We build an altar each week upon which any member of the dance community can place an offering, something representing themselves, or some item that we may wish to charge with the energy of the dance.

We warm up for a song or two and then gather in circle to introduce ourselves and set an intention for the dance. Although many of us set a spiritual intention and experience these dances as an act of devotion, one need not hold to these tenets. Ecstatic dance is just one great workout!

We dance to a pre-mixed CD of recorded music of many genres--world fusion and groove, R&B, rock, hip-hop, funk, and folk, to name a few.

And at the end, because we are Midwesterners, we gather in circle again for food and sharing.

We look forward to dancing with you!